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Anyone playing Mega Millions tonight?
- Thread starter Saint Frankenstein
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I'd be happy to...err...invest any money you're looking to lose...
Nah. But I'm not going to fault anyone trying.
My only question/concern.... what would anyone do with all that money? If you get it can you keep it?
I'd spend a lot paying off debts of all family/closest friends, and setting up long term investments for my kids.
I'd splurge a little on property and a nice car.
I'd throw a bunch at charities...or more hopefully start some sort of ongoing grants or charity fund.
I'd invest/buy a sports team, more at the grassroots level where my money could make a difference to participation, equitable treatment of all participants, and try to be a model sporting club for inclusiveness.
With whatever I had left, I'd build a big ol' Scrooge McDuck bin, and go coin diving, of course.
lotteries are examples of low probability/high consequence outcomes...
I'm not sure how I'd spend and invest the money...certainly, there are several nonprofits that I think should get a dollop...and I might consider supporting certain candidates or opposing others...
I'm not sure how I'd spend and invest the money...certainly, there are several nonprofits that I think should get a dollop...and I might consider supporting certain candidates or opposing others...
Suave
Simulated character
I have played Mega Millions only twice before today. I'd spent two dollars trying to win the billion-dollar jackpot prize on January 22,2021 as well as I had spent two dollars in a failed attempt to win a billion-dollar jackpot prize on October 23rd, 2018. I bought a Mega Millions ticket today in my third attempt at winning a billion-dollar jackpot prize, I figure I am overdue to win, the third time is a charm!
Good luck, but I'm only saying that because I bought a few more tickets than you so you need it somewhat more.
Suave
Simulated character
Good luck, but I'm only saying that because I bought a few more tickets than you so you need it somewhat more.
Oh well. if I don't win the Mega Millions then maybe at least I might gain $10 from my two- dollar wager on Ohio State to win the college football championship! .. Go Buckeyes! ...
I know I didn't win. Lol. Oh, well. It was still fun. When it goes up really high again, I'll buy another. The lottery will never be a habit of mine.Oh well. if I don't win the Mega Millions then maybe at least I might gain $10 from my two- dollar wager on Ohio State to win the college football championship! .. Go Buckeyes! ...
You're not even American, so obviously you're not playing it, anyway.
I'm happy to work for wages that are much higher than the garbage pay I currently make.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
True, but it is no fun being hit by lightning.
For me it is a cheap $2.00 dream. Tickets used to be one buck, now they are two. I won't buy any more than that since my odds of losing are almost identical no matter how many tickets that I buy
Also I think that it is finally over the "break even" point. What I call the break even point is when the odds of winning matches your net win of the lottery. The 1.2 billion dollar figure applies only if you get it paid out over something like 20 years. It is less than half that if you take all of the cash right away. Second the US government is going to take a very very healthy chunk of that case for itself.
Okay, I did a quick check. If one takes the lump sum it is about 60% of the total. so we are already down to $700,000 With federal taxes you would be down to about $450 million. The good news, the odds of winning are 1 in 303 million. So as long as only one person wins he did better than breaking even.
I didn't win. I did get one number three times out of five. and the mega one once...
When we find unity, fairness in wages will most likely happen. But why trillions are spent on war, destruction, games of chance and hard core gambling, we will never find unity.
Regards Tony
Okay, Debby Downer.
Suave
Simulated character
I had the last number 14 right! I will reclaim two dollars and double down on OSU! ...
The opposite in fact.
The future is great, with no lotteries. We will not make such choices.
The future will not change, until we know there are other choices available.
Regards Tony
Congrats.I had the last number 14 right! I will reclaim two dollars and double down on OSU! ...
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
The lotteries depend on greed. It would be a lot more equitable, as my wife Sara says, if they divided the prize into $10,000 allotments. In my opinion, they don't want to do that because then less people would be suckers for the lottery.
I couldn't care less about winning myself a billion dollars. Besides, in my opinion, that is gambling, and the Baha'i Faith prohibits gambling precisely because people sometimes get addicted to gambling and and lose everything.
Truthseeker
Non-debating member when I can help myself
The whole thing is illogical!
I thought a whole bunch of people that won the lottery "unexpectedly" died?
10 Lottery Winners Who Died Tragically